Tourism sector lawmaker Yiu Si-wing (left) and Travel Industry Council Jason Wong Chun-tat (right) said it takes time to see how popular local tours as the government relaxed restrictions on them. Tourism sector lawmaker Yiu Si-wing said local tours will help small travel agencies to get back 20 percent of their normal business, but will be of limited help to larger firms. This came as the government relaxed anti-epidemic measures by allowing tours of no more than 30 people on Friday, as the pandemic situation eased. Travel agencies would also have to sign an agreement to enhance anti-epidemic measures in the tours. But he said the government's recent agreement to set up a secure travel bubble with Singapore won't be much of an incentive for travel agencies to hold tours due to huge costs to take the virus tests.

Source: The Standard October 24, 2020 04:52 UTC